New #Speak4Nature essay by 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐡, director of the Rachel Carson Center. Originally published in 2024, this Spanish-language article tells the story of Rachel Carson's ground-breaking 1962 book. Read it here for free: www.fuhem.es/wp-content/u... #EnvHist #EnvHum #EnvJust #RachelCarson

Interesting event organized by VIT-AP University in India. I will present on "Environmental Humanities at the Crossroads: A Constructive Critique." We #EnvHum scholars are critical almost by definition, but any critical theory must also (re-)investigate its own assumptions. This will be my attempt.

I just published an #envhum essay in Spanish on "Instrumentality and ecological personality." An ecological self understanding, I suggest, reveals that instrumental value is not a problem in itself, but becomes one when technology and modern society turn our use values into "abuse values." ... (1/4)

This week, our Argentinian partners organized a fantastic interdisciplinary seminar on 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 with Jonatan Palmblad (philosophy & history), Carolina Attallah (biology), and Gonzalo Bailo (law)! #EnvHum #EnvPhil #EnvLaw #EnvJust @palmblad.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social

New date for this event on ecological humanism! #EnvHum #EnvJust @palmblad.bsky.social

Not sure if obvious or a provocation, but an environment is not a place. It is often used synonymously to "natural place," whatever that is, but it really is the world relative to an organism, or that which environs an organism. To think relationally in concrete terms, we must be organismocentric.

Our colleagues Pilar Peralta and Jonte Palmblad are currently in Argentina for our international project Speak4Nature. Through secondments with parners in Italy, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, we work towards an international framework for ecological justice! @speak4nature.bsky.social #EnvHum

As of today I will serve as Associate Editor for the 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 journal together with Jessica DeWitt, Giulia Champion & Jonny Turnbull. Having followed EH since its early days, this is a great honor! @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social @giuliachampion.bsky.social @jonnyjjt.bsky.social #envhum

As a part of ESEH NEXTGATe, I am glad that we are once again organizing a writing support program for early-career scholars! Credits to my colleague Mona Bieling for organizing this together with Andrea Gaynor. Although an ESEH initiative, we also accept applicants from other parts of the world.

AI does not "hallucinate," it provides statistically plausible results that sometimes are completely incorrect. I think it is important to recognize that "hallucination" is an anthropomorphizing metaphor. LLMs do not think, although that is what the AI companies want us to think.

I just got back from a workshop on "Multispecies Intellectual History" at the University of Oxford. Philosophy, history, physics, botany, anthropology, art, and other fields were represented in the discussions, and a publication on this is to be expected. Read more here: cas.au.dk/en/umih #envhum

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... PhD positions available in Environmental Psychology at NTNU. Post from Isabelle Ritcher's LinkedIn account #envhum

Our team at #eseh2025 ✨️ having a good time ❤️ @monabie.bsky.social @sebmergence.bsky.social @palmblad.bsky.social @monicavasile.bsky.social #envhist @eseh.bsky.social

Are you following our Early-Career-Scholar network, ESEH NextGate? They organize events and support young scholars. Follow here: @esehnextgate.bsky.social #envhist #envhum

Who's going to SOLCHA this year? #envhist #envhum #historiaambiental

📯🥁 Read @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social 's note from the president 📝 about our @eseh.bsky.social here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/... Thanks for mentioning us! #envhist #envhum @monabie.bsky.social @sebmergence.bsky.social @palmblad.bsky.social @tanjariekkinen.bsky.social

The next Radical Environmental Humanities lecture will be in Spanish. Join us today at 4pm CET to listen to Raul Zibechi on "La descomposición de las sociedades latinoamericanas." You can also watch it later, but join to be able to ask questions! Link: www.youtube.com/@RadicalEnvi... #EnvHum

We want new members in the ESEHNEXTGATE committee from this autumn 🍁🍂 If you'd fancy joining us, read more about what we do in the piece by the wonderful @wildpasts.bsky.social and keep an eye out for a call in August 👁 #envhist #envhum

Are you doing public #EnvHist? Or do you know somebody who does? The deadline for our Bristol-Bern Prize is 1 May!

The latest Resistance lecture, this time with Nnimmo Bassey, in Marco Armiero’s Radical Environmental Humanities series can now be watched on YouTube. Subscribe to the channel to see upcoming talks and have a look at the past ones. #EnvHum

PhD position in the history of science, technology, and environment at the KTH in Stockholm, Sweden. Deadline: 7 April. #EnvHist #EnvHum

New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article by Kira Clingen on climate change and the dunes of Long Beach, Massachusetts. #envhist

New issue of 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺! Each issue features an "ESEH Notepad," this time with William San Martín, Mark Carey, Sandra Swart and Emily O’Gorman on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. #EnvHist @wildpasts.bsky.social @wsanmartin.bsky.social @emilyogorman.bsky.social

Follow @Speak4Nature, the great Marie Curie-funded staff action project we are a part of. Together with universities and institutions in Italy, Spain, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil, we work on furthering ecological justice and giving voice to the voiceless beings and aspects of nature. #EnvHum

The "AI" Ghibli images are especially outrageous considering AI's environmental damage vs. Ghibli's conservationist politics. "Princess Mononoke" is about a militant campaign to save the forest. In "Spirited Away" Chihiro frees a river god from trash and pollution. #ShittyFuture #envhum

New postcard for unstable times! Keep 'em coming. This one is penned by Julia Ludewig, associate professor at Allegheny College, on behalf of the stink bugs of the world. If you're on Instagram, make sure to give us a follow: www.instagram.com/eseh_postcar... #Envhist

Early bird registration closes on Monday, 31 March! #EnvHist

New contribution to our project 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 by Sarah Johnson. Read the full contribution on Instagram: www.instagram.com/eseh_postcar... We accept more submissions for this creative project. See the call here: eseh.org/resources/po... #EnvHist #EnvHum @sarahwhpress.bsky.social

Here's an excerpt from another book by Alison Pouliot! Read it for free on our Environment & Society Portal. Courtesy of @uchicagopress.bsky.social. #envhum #fungi #mushroom

Sharing a new crossposted piece with our colleagues at Arcadia, by Caroline Abbott on wolves and women on the North American frontier #envhist

Finally figured out how easy it is to turn off the annoying "AI Assistant" when reading PDFs in Adobe Acrobat in the browser: the three dots → preferences → uncheck "Enable generate AI feature in Acrobat". AI can be useful, but unwanted assistance is not... Analyzing on my own is how I learn.

Today at 3pm CET (in two hours)! Join us and Felipe Jardim to learn about convergences and divergences of community gardening in Berlin and Rio de Janeiro. #envhum #berlin #riodejaneiro

Today at 6pm CET! Can be watched later, but join and you'll be able to ask questions. www.youtube.com/@RadicalEnvi... #envhum

"Advocacy & activism are important goads towards the systemic changes needed to address the biodiversity & climate [crises]. ...Crucially, however, environmental [history] can also help by illuminating paths towards the realisation of more just & sustainable futures for all planetary life." More: 👇

My article on the usable past has been reposted by @whitehorsepress.bsky.social, and it's now illustrated. Mobilize the past: "In history, there is no lack of voices forgotten, neglected, ignored, silenced and oppressed – and many of these voices still have much to say!"

My friend and colleague Alison Pouliot has co-written an important book on "wild mushrooming," and I'm glad that we at the Rachel Carson Center can publish an excerpt. You will also find a part of her 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪 on our Portal, and soon an excerpt from 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴.

Our former fellow William San Martín, leader of the 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩, is looking for #envhum and #envhist scholars to join the group. 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟕 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. @wsanmartin.bsky.social

I am delighted to announce that my book "Echoes of Ebola: Virus Hunters and the Making of Insecurity in Guinea" has been offered an advance contract by the University of Chicago Press. Thank you to all the colleagues & friends who listened to half-baked ideas, reviewed drafts, or just cheered me on!

Tomorrow I'll be moderating this interdisciplinary talk. You are welcome to join online (check the link and send me an email), but please mind that the time (2pm–4pm) is in Central European time. Here's a converter: www.worldtimebuddy.com/cet-to-germa... #envhum #envjust #envphil

The Radical #EnvHum talk "Reshaping Worlds – Beyond the Capitalist Horizon" by Nidvedita Menon just started.

New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article: “‘Cozy Families’ or ‘Hideous Brutes’?—Working with Southern Elephant Seals on the French Kerguelen Islands” by Katherine Sinclair. On how Raymond Rallier du Baty and his crew struggled to reconcile their sympathy for elephant seals with their violence against them. #envhist

This account now has more followers than our old account on Twitter. We´re glad to see the academic community thriving on Bluesky! Given that the Twitter account was started in 2009 and this one in 2023, this means a lot. Thank you all for building an online community together! #EnvHist #EnvHum

Yowsah! Today we got a #postcard from Dr. Kathleen Carpenter, mother of freshwater ecology! But how do we tell her that her inspirational Pwll Seimon sampling site is now a "ghost pond" in #Aberystwyth? #creativewriting #naturewriting #envhist #HistSTM #ghostpond #nature #pond #biodiversity #Wales

New "Postcards for Unstable Times" by Catherine Duigan, Daniel Mills, and Sarah Davies! "The mother of freshwater ecology", Kathleen Carpenter (1891–1970), writes to the future. More on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DFFoGnvohu... @cduigan.bsky.social @sarahdavies.bsky.social #EnvHist

On 21 January, 6pm CET, the collective behind 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘈 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 will host this online lecture with Malcom Ferdinand. Save the link: www.youtube.com/@RadicalEnvi... #envhum

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It’s really out in the world! 🗃️ You can get The Craft of Historical Research as an ebook or a paperback from your favorite bookseller. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

🥁Send us your applications for the #2025WritingSupportProgramme and plz help share the call! ✨Happy New Year✨️ #envhist @carsoncenter.bsky.social @melinabuns.bsky.social @moneschleper.bsky.social @lenaferriday.bsky.social @lenamschlegel.bsky.social @palmblad.bsky.social

We have two monograph prizes next year, the Tallinn Dissertation Prize and the Turku Book Award, both with the deadline 15 January 2025. Read more here: 1. Tallinn Dissertation Prize: eseh.org/call-for-sub... 2. Turku Book Award: eseh.org/awards-and-g... (Photo by Thom Milkovic, cropped) #EnvHist

#EnvHist job at the KTH in Stockholm!